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G.Skill Unveils 128GB DDR4-3200 RipJaws V Memory Kit

...which brings me to another question: Broadwell-E will support up to DDR4-2400. Is there any point on buying, say, DDR4 3000 modules having in mind that I don't plan on overclocking my system? (at least not anytime soon). Is the extra bandwitch useful for something, or does any other PC component uses it?

No. Building a new PC is a rare and exciting event for me, so I splash out a bit. A DDR4-2400 kit will not be a performance bottleneck. At least not for the foreseeable future.
 
...which brings me to another question: Broadwell-E will support up to DDR4-2400. Is there any point on buying, say, DDR4 3000 modules having in mind that I don't plan on overclocking my system? (at least not anytime soon). Is the extra bandwitch useful for something, or does any other PC component uses it?
There has been no attainable performance from faster RAM for a while now unless you do something that specifically requires memory bandwidth (or use an APU). I technically have 1866 sticks and run them at 1600, and I even have a 32GB kit of 2666 and don't use them because I like the lower profile PNY sticks. This is why in my previous post I said I wanted to prioritize CPU speed over RAM speed even on the AMD platform using DDR2.

Also sorry, I thought this posted before but sometimes my work network blocks a post.
 
There has been no attainable performance from faster RAM for a while now unless you do something that specifically requires memory bandwidth (or use an APU). I technically have 1866 sticks and run them at 1600, and I even have a 32GB kit of 2666 and don't use them because I like the lower profile PNY sticks. This is why in my previous post I said I wanted to prioritize CPU speed over RAM speed even on the AMD platform using DDR2.

Also sorry, I thought this posted before but sometimes my work network blocks a post.

Oh well, then most surely DDR4 2400 will be :)

It's cheap enough, and it's not like I wanna innecessarely hinder my CPU with slower RAM....not that it makes any sense xD
 
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